Dental Office Prescription Fraud and Drug Diversion
Prescription fraud and drug diversion are among the most legally consequential forms of dental practice theft. Prosperident's archive includes 46 cases involving dental practice employees who forged prescriptions, stole prescription pads, diverted controlled substances, or obtained narcotics through false patient records. Unlike cash embezzlement, these cases bring DEA exposure for the prescribing dentist — even when the dentist had no knowledge of the activity.
Practice owners reading these cases will notice that the perpetrator is usually a long-trusted employee with personal access to the prescriber's login, prescription pad, or computer. Detection is almost always external — a pharmacist's call, a patient complaint, or a DEA inquiry. By the time the dentist learns of the activity, the regulatory situation is already advanced. If any of this resonates with what you're seeing in your own practice, call 888-398-2327. The first conversation is confidential and costs nothing.
- Shannon Bragdon of Portland, ME pleads guilty to stealing blank prescriptions to get oxycodone; faces $250k fine — $250k
- Bothell WA's Lori Bowman Gets 2 1/2 Years for steal of $175K and Forged Prescriptions — $175K (Michigan)
- Feds: Vermont Dental Employees Tammy Laroque and Lindsey Cox Obtained Drugs, Committed Steal of $71K — $71K (Vermont)
- Missouri drug ring including dental employee Anne Marie Coke busted by police - released on $50k bond — $50k (Missouri)
- Former Valencia County NM dental practice employees Pamela Suniga and Barbara Hussey charged with trafficking prescription painkillers, steal of $17K — $17K (New Mexico)
- Kentucky's Elsie Lamb Steal of $15K From Dentist; Illegally Obtained Drugs — $15K (Kentucky)
- Former employee at Connecticut dental practice Jessica Cash called in fraudulent prescriptions - $5k bail — $5k (Connecticut)
- NC Dental receptionist Anita Reed faces embezzlement, drug charges for steal of $3,400 — $3,400
- Kara Wilson and Shawn Chapin, former offic cleaners, accused of steal of $74 cash and drugs from dentist. — $74
- Colorado assistant Amber Hyatt sentenced for drug tampering (Colorado)
- New York City employee arrested at work with drugs (New York)
- Michigan's Heather Malone pleads guilty - did steal prescriptions for opiates from dental office -4 year sentence (Michigan)
- Michigan Office Manager Vicki Zachary Convicted of Embezzlement, Drug Charges (Michigan)
- Washington dental office manager Nicole Allenton faces jail for falsifying prescriptions...and has done it before (Washington)
- Dorothy Lynn Guerrero, felony convictions for theft and possession of controlled substance.
- Texas receptionist Angela Lee Collum stole patient identities to buy Vicodin; stole 19 identities (Texas)
- When Dentists Behave Badly -- Murdered North Carolina dentist Dr. James David Boyd, 47, involved in sex for drugs trade. (North Carolina)
- Former teen tennis star Olivia Dubovikov accused of steal of Rx pads from NY dental office where she worked...again -- 600 pills (New York)
- Employee Kyle Hughes committed break-in and drug theft from a Michigan dental office. Facing 5 year jail term (Michigan)
- Kennewick, Washington police accuse Nicole Polus and Chareise Raugust of 167 forged prescriptions (Washington)
- Alaska dental assistant Donya R. Owens pleads guilty to prescription scam - sentenced to 1 year (Alaska)
- Hygienist Denise M. Lawrence wrote her own prescriptions - 35 times
- St. Louis dental receptionist Nicole Miller charged with stealing, drug offense (Minnesota)
- Springfield, MA dental employee Candice Fazio allegedly obtained narcotics >3 times by making steal of false prescriptions
- Lufkin TX dental employee Heather Terry pleads guilty to 3 counts of prescription fraud; also stole office's gold with co-worker (Texas)
- Ohio Oral Surgery Employee Karen Seguin Charged with 8 counts for Steal of Fentanyl from Office (Ohio)
- 15 month Prison term for Pennsylvania oral surgeon Dr. Donald Dinello Jr. in theft, prescription fraud case (Pennsylvania)
- Drugs, Burglary, and Embezzlement in California for Fonda Rae Underwood (California)
- Indiana Dental Office Employee Jessica Andre Accused Of Forging Prescriptions (Indiana)
- Virginia dental worker Donna Talley guilty of fraudulently distributing 100,000+ hydrocodone pills (Virginia)
Showing 30 of 46 cases.
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